6-2734

RIC VI, LUGDUNUM 277, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, [CORRECTION]

  

OBVERSE

IMPMAXIMIANVSIVNAVG [IMP MAXIMIANVS IVN AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir.

REVERSE

SECVRITPE-PRETDDNN [SECVRIT PEPRET (sic!) DD NN]; Securitas stg. l., leaning l. with transverse sceptre on column, r. raised to head. PLC in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

[CORRECTION]. RIC lists this type with rev. legend SECVRIT PERPET... But both known examples have slightly different (and wrong) legend SECVRIT PEPRET... Listed with this correction in Bastien Lyon (294-316) (p. 239, no. 495) as a new variety (LUGDUNUM 277 not listed).

NOTES

Weight 6.82 g; diameter 28 mm. From the Münzkabinett of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien Collection (object no. RÖ 67674). This specimen cited in RIC after Maurice (ii, pl. 3, 9). Shown in Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate LV, no. 495b).

Other specimens:

- from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. B.1186); weight 6.91 g; shown in Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate LV, no. 495a) [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski